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Chelsea Owner Roman Abramovich Is 'Resigned' to Selling Eden Hazard to Real Madrid This Summer

Roman Abramovich is under the impression that he will be unable to prevent Chelsea talisman Eden Hazard from leaving the club this summer.

The Belgium international has been flirting with a move to Real Madrid for a number of years and things finally appear to be coming to a head for hi, this season, with Chelsea's recent transfer ban just the latest setback in the hopes of keeping the 28-year-old at Stamford Bridge.

Spanish publication AS have added to Chelsea's woes by reporting that the club's owner Abramovich, as well as transfer mastermind Marina Granovskaia, are resigned to losing Hazard to Real Madrid at the end of the season.